The Bulgarian telecom market continues to shrink, sliding by nearly 10% YoY to EUR 1.2bn in 2013, impacted by regulatory measures as well as very weak macroeconomic climate - including declining population and employment rates - which affected the country’s consumer confidence as well as the demand for services.
Forced by a reminder from the European Commission that Bulgaria does not yet apply the existing European legi...

Switzerland recorded more than 3.4m fixed broadband subscribers (i.e. xDSL, cable modem and fibre optic) in 4Q13 – a 6% YoY increase, primarily driven by the growing demand for high speed Internet connection linked with the upsurge in multi-play offers. Among the countries covered in Western Europe, Switzerland has one of the highest penetration rates per household, ending the year at 97%, a 6 p.p. YoY rise.
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Following Comcast's decision to acquire Time Warner Cable, as a result, the CaTV battlefield in the US could get significantly smaller. The proposed deal would merge the two largest CaTV operators in the US – with the result of creating a very large entity with wide service footprint and around 33m pay-TV (video), 32m high-speed broadband (Internet) and 16m telephony (VoIP) subscribers.
As of 4Q13, according ...

Stuttgart, Germany - Manila, Philippines — Vietnam's mobile market represents a challenging landscape for potential investors as the privatisation of the telecoms sector is still waiting to happen and the market is...